Dreams Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the…

— John Lancaster Spalding

“Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the…

— Samuel Johnson

“Nowadays, the tendency to be preoccupied with having, at the expense of losing touch with the dimension of being, is becoming ever more pronounced.…

— Stephen Batchelor

“We care more for our possessions with which we hope to make our way in the world than with our thoughts and dreams which…

— Eugene H. Peterson

“we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that…

— C.S. Lewis

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

— Samuel Johnson

“We can be enthused by—yes, that’s right, enthused—by the noblest of ideals, but only on condition that we don’t have to expend any effort,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The fundamentals will cause us all to stand and stare; our want for material possessions, our possession and passing on of heirlooms, our want…

— Simon Pont

“It is a wiser, more generous, more noble thing to remember and point out the perfect words, than to invent poorer ones, wherewith to…

— John Ruskin

“When we crave the touch and the feel of an unfeigned world, we must not waver and put our quest on the back burner,…

— Erik Pevernagie

“Ironically, the more we crave to possess and dominate the world and others, the deeper and more unbearable becomes the chasm of our own…

— Stephen Batchelor

“Please remember this, no additional power or endeavour is required to command abundance and happiness than is required to accept misery and scarcity! It’s…

— Wayne Joe Evans